(US and Canada, especially Appalachia and the Prairies) The practice of blowing pepper or snuff through a quill into the nose of a woman who is giving birth, to induce sneezing and diaphragmatic contractions which will induce or hasten labor.
(obsolete) A band of fluted muslin resembling a row of quills.
A form of art that involves the creation of decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
Quillwork.
verb
present participle of quill
quilting
quilting
noun
(nautical, archaic) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
A layer or layers of quilted padding.
The practice of creating quilts
verb
present participle of quilt
quisling
quisling
noun
(derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
verb
present participle of quisle
quodling
squiggle
squiggle
noun
(informal) Synonym of tilde.
A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
An illegible scrawl.
verb
To make a squiggle.
To wriggle or squirm.
To write illegibly.
squiggly
squiggly
adj
(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.
noun
(computing, informal) A wavy underline used to indicate an error in text or source code.
squilgee
squilgee
noun
(nautical, historical) A small swab used for drying a vessel's deck.